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Lifestar helicopter takes off from Route 8 south in Torrington following a motorcycle crash Thursday evening. The highway is closed from exit 44 to exit 42 as state police investigate the accident. Alec Johnson/ Republican-American

TORRINGTON -- A 26-year-old city man was flown to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries after crashing his motorcycle on Route 8 Thursday evening.

State police said Austin R. McKenzie was driving fast when he lost control of his Honda motorcycle while rounding a bend in the southbound lane near exit 43.

Police said McKenzie, who was wearhing a helmet, slid through a grassy median, through an area of wood chips and hit a tree. He suffered injuries to his chest, wrist and ankle, police said.

The Torrington Fire Department, state and local police closed Route 8 for more than an hour as state police investigated the crash. The Lifestar helocopter landed on the highway just south of where McKenzie crashed.

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